Int’l Entertainment Buyers Assoc. Names 2013 Winners
The 2013 Annual International Entertainment
Buyers Association (IEBA) Honors and Awards dinner, hosted by superstar Kix
Brooks, was held last night in Nashville to celebrate the live
entertainment industry’s top buyers, promoters, and venue managers. David Corlew was this
year’s Career Achievement Award recipient as George and Nancy Jones became this
year’s inductees into IEBA’s Hall of Fame. A full list of winners:
Festival Buyer of the Year
Gil Cunningham, Neste Event Marketing – Brentwood, TN
Fair Buyer of the Year
Steve
Bogdanovich, Romeo Entertainment Group – Omaha, NE
Casino Buyer of the
Year Robyn Smith, Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi- Biloxi MS
Corporate Buyer of the
Year Randy Wright, Integrity Events – Nashville,
TN
Venue Executive of the
Year David Farrar, Budweiser Events Center –
Loveland, CO
Promoter of the
Year
Brian O’Connell, Live Nation – Nashville, TN
International Buyer of the Year Ron
Sakamoto, Live Nation Canada, Gold & Gold Productions – Lethbridge, AB,
CAN
Club Buyer of the Year
Mitchell Jaworek, Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
Rookie of the Year
Adam Brill, Agency of the Performing Arts – Los Angeles, CA
